Risk factors for kernicterus in term babies with non-hemolytic jaundice

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 757-762

  Murki, Srinivas ^b   Kumar, Praveen ^b   Majumdar, S ^a   Marwaha, Neelam ^a   Narang, Anil ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PGIMER ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KERNICTERUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; RISK FACTOR;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035403159     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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